Thursday, September 4, 2014

John Bellamy Foster, Naked Imperialism: The U.S. Pursuit of Global Dominance

During the Cold War years, mainstream commentators were quick to dismiss
the idea that the United States was an imperialist power. Even when
U.S. interventions led to the overthrow of popular governments, as in
Iran, Guatemala, or the Congo, or wholesale war, as in Vietnam, this
fiction remained intact. During the 1990s and especially since September
11, 2001, however, it has crumbled. Today, the need for American empire
is openly proclaimed and defended by mainstream analysts and
commentators.

John Bellamy Foster’s Naked Imperialism examines
this important transformation in U.S. global policy and ideology,
showing the political and economic roots of the new militarism and its
consequences both in the global and local context. Foster shows how
U.S.-led global capitalism is preparing the way for a new age of
barbarism and demonstrates the necessity for resistance and solidarity
on a global scale.